Subject: Mixed metaphors (Page 8)

This thing is snowballing like a house afire!

These managers all know their onions and cut their cloth accordingly.

English football player & announcer

A heart as big as gold

The squeeky wheel gets the worm.

She was drop down gorgeous.

You buttered your bread, now sleep in it!

Taking the bull with both feet

You can lead a horse to water but you can't make it a duck.

Manchester United are looking to Frank Stapleton to pull some magic out of the fire.

professional football player, coach & executive

I'm going to have to kick it off by hand.

The menu was frozen in the amber of 1973.

I'm a nervous basket.

Now the shoe is on the other horse!

It's like pulling hen's teeth.

Beyond the question of a doubt

Run it up the flag pole and see what sticks.

I ate enough to float a battleship!

You buttered your bread; now you'll have to sleep in it.

It sent goosebumps up my spine.

The dice are stacked against them.

Irish football player & manager

The early bird gets the wormy apple.